(This post was originally posted on Medium.) For the second time in a week, my phone buzzed with a New York Times alert, notifying me that another celebrity had...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | June 20, 2018 at 09:26 PM

(Joan Donovan and I wrote the following op-ed for The Guardian.) When confronted with white supremacists, newspaper editors should consider ‘strategic silence’...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | June 1, 2018 at 09:39 PM

(This was originally posted on NewCo Shift.) A friend of mine worked for an online dating company whose audience was predominantly hetero 30-somethings. At some...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | February 12, 2018 at 08:32 PM

(This was originally posted on Medium) If you ever hear that implementing algorithmic decision-making tools to enable social services or other high stakes government...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | January 11, 2018 at 08:35 PM

Amazon Fulfillment Center, CC Scottish Government The following is a transcript of my lightning talk at The People’s Disruption: Platform Co-Ops for Global Challenges...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | November 20, 2017 at 08:35 PM

In March 2013, in a flurry of days, I decided to start a research institute. I’d always dreamed of doing so, but it was really my amazing mentor and boss – Jennifer...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | September 12, 2017 at 10:34 AM

I left the Media Lab 15 years ago this week. At the time, I never would’ve predicted that I learned one of the most useful skills in my career there: demo-or-die...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | August 1, 2017 at 09:50 PM

We need: Recognition, Repentance, Respect, and Reparation. To be honest, what surprises me most about the current conversation about the inhospitable nature of...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | July 5, 2017 at 03:55 PM

I was 19 years old when a some configuration of anonymous people came after me. They got access to my email and shared some of the most sensitive messages on an...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | March 3, 2017 at 04:19 PM

… And Why We Need a Hacker Mindset I am surrounded by people who are driven by good intentions. Educators who want to inform students, who passionately believe...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | February 15, 2017 at 12:51 PM

Yesterday, Steve Bannon clearly articulated what many people have felt and known for quite some time when he told journalists, “You’re the opposition party. Not...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | January 27, 2017 at 11:54 AM

The United States has always been a diverse but segregated country. This has shaped American politics profoundly. Yet, throughout history, Americans have had to...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | January 10, 2017 at 08:15 AM

Anxious about the widespread consumption and spread of propaganda and fake news during this year’s election cycle, many progressives are calling for an increased...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | January 9, 2017 at 08:13 AM

For most non-technical folks, “hacking” evokes the notion of using sophisticated technical skills to break through the security of a corporate or government system...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | January 6, 2017 at 04:12 AM

There’s a joke out there that when you’re having your first child, you tell everyone personally and update your family and friends about every detail throughout...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | December 18, 2016 at 12:35 AM

We now know that the polls were wrong. Over the last few months, I’ve told numerous reporters and people in the media industry this, but I was generally ignored...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | November 10, 2016 at 02:53 PM

For months I have been concerned about how what I was seeing on the ground and in various networks was not at all aligned with what pundits were saying. I knew...zephoriaFrom Apophenia | November 9, 2016 at 11:47 AM